2022 brought the resignation of two members of Switzerland’s Federal Council, the nation’s seven member executive of cabinet who are elected for life. However, in the context of replacing members it typically means that an outgoing member of the Federal Council is replaced by someone from the same party. The party puts forward candidates and the combined members of the National Council (parliament) and the Council of States (upper house) vote. The Socialist Elisabeth Baume-Schneider will replace Simonetta Sommaruga and the Swiss People’s Party member Albert Rösti will replace Ueli Maurer. The Federal Council now has more members from the French and Italian-speaking regions than it does from the majority German-speaking part of the country.

Source: Le News December 09, 2022 22:27 UTC